Sunday, 19 July 2020

Strategies to Motivate Your Team during Uncertainty




“Leadership is not about titles or the corner office. It’s about the willingness to step up, put yourself out there, and lean into courage. The world is desperate for braver leaders. It’s time for all of us to step up.” ―Brené Brown


The leaders find it challenging to motivate their teams and remain optimistic due to the COVID-19. They must explore various tools and techniques to be bullish and resilient in these trying times. In this regard, we will discuss the ways and means to be resilient, motivate teams, and stay focused clearly on your goals and objectives.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from shocks, setbacks, and disasters. It is the ability to recover by understanding the situation and adapting to unfavorable circumstances. Here are some tips to build resilience. Treat challenges as opportunities. Maintain good health. Surround with positive and healthy people. Build a team of people to support you during the crises and also support them whenever they are in crisis. Treat failures as lessons. Be part of the solution, not the problem. Set realistic goals and celebrate whenever you accomplish them. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Thank the people who supported you in your life journey.

Here are some tools to be resilient. Develop a philosophy that crises are an integral part of life. Develop a positive perception of adversity and embrace uncertainty. Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Don't get carried away by emotions. Ensure that your head rules your heart. Be calm and composed. Have an internal locus of control. Be courageous and confident.


Strategies to Motivate Your Team during Uncertainty

Leaders must be resilient to motivate their teams during turbulent times. Here are some strategies to inspire your team during uncertainty. Create a few positive messages and ask your team to repeat them. Share striking stories or anecdotes to connect and convince your team. Involve and encourage your team to come up with innovative ideas and insights to overcome the uncertainty. In this way, your team will come forward eagerly and participate actively to overcome the challenge. 

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. We must embrace uncertainty and live with it in the prevailing pandemic world. We must differentiate between what we can control and what we cannot control. Let us not worry about the things that we cannot control. Let us understand this fact in the present tough times of coronavirus. Let us make peace with the present. Let us learn lessons from past pandemics and crises. Let us educate and enlighten teams on how we humans have come out of those challenges successfully in the past. Life is never a straight line. Similarly, the lives of organizations are never straight because every organization has a life cycle. Therefore, let us understand this fact and be bullish and resilient in uncertain times.

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